Carpenter&#39;s bench-vise.



A. BARON.

GARPENTERS BENCH VISE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.17,-1913.

1,121,603. Patented Dc. 22. 1914.

Hal-

i/bdelard Barron.

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oAnPEiITE-Rzs BENCH-visas.

, ing at 799 South First street, New Bedford,

Massachusetts, United States of America, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpenters Bench-vlses; and

I do hereby declare that the followingis a; full, clear, and exact description ofv the invention, suchas -will-enable others skilled in the art to which. it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention to be hereinafter described relates to carpenters bench vises.

In order to morefully. disclose the com struction, operation, and use of the lnvention reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of the i present application.

Throughout the several figures of the drawings like reference characters desig nate the same parts. Y

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a side new of the device, as, applied, in open position; and Fig. 2 is the same in closed position.

The main objects of the invention are to provide a bench vise of. simple and inexpensive construction which will beefficient and easily operated.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 1

designates a carpenters bench of the ordinary construction. An inner vise jaw 2 is secured to the front leg 3 by means of a brace bolt 4 which passes through. the jaw 2 and leg 3 and extends beneath and parallel to the top of the bench 1 and passes through the back leg thereof; being secured in place by the usual nut 5; and by having its lower ends bolted to the end of the bottom brace beam 6 as at 7. j

The outer vise jaw 8 is pi votally mounted at its lower end on a beam 9 provided with perforations 10 and slidably mounted on the brace beam '6; by means of a pin 11 inserted therethrough and through one of the perforations 10. Below the pin 11 is secured in the inner face of said jaw an eye or staple 12, to which is attached the outer end of a tension spring'13 fastened lower end of the jaw 8 outwardly; and for preventing any outward motion of the upper end thereof, and supplying a rounded Specification of Letters Patent.

fulcrumfor said jaw, the action of the first mentioned means, in cooperation therewith thusforcing the upper jaw 8 inwardly.

The means for-forcing. the lower endv of thej aw outwardly comprise a foot lever l 5 vertically operative in suitableslots in the vise jaws and table leg 3, and pivotally Y I Patented Dec. 22, 1914. Application filed January 17, 1913. Serial No. 742,605. I

mounted at its inner end, asat 16 in a suitabut socket in the block 17 formedyon the lnner end of the brace beam 6, and a link.

18 pivotally mounted at its inner end in theiouter end of the shoulder 19 of the lever 15 and pivotallymounted at'its outer the slidably mounted beam 1 9. It should be noted that the height of the shoulder 19 of the lever 15 and of the shoulder .20 of the beam 9 is equal to the width of thelink 18, so that when the vise is closed as in Fig. 2 the link fits between the under face:

tween guides'22 secured in the top of the bench 1 and passing vthrough suitable slots in A i i the jaws 2 and 8 so as to extend beyond the outer aw; an ovoidal wedge 28 vertically operative in a suitable slot through the rack" 21 ,and near'the outer end thereof and provided with a pin 24 in its upper end toprei vent itsdropping out of the slot; and a toothed block 25 adapted to engage the teeth of the rack 21 and theinnerface of the jaw 2 so as to prevent any outward movement of the rack 2. a

j The operation is as follows: After the lower end of the jaw 8 has been adjusted on the slidably mounted beam 9 by means of the perforation 10 therein and the pin 11; the rack 21 is pushed in until the wedge 24: engages the outer face of thejaw 8; the block 25 is then placed on the rack 21 in engagement with the inner face of jaw 2; thus securing the jaw 8 against all outward movement. This position is shown in Fig. 1. After these adjustments the lever 15 is forced downwardly, forcing the lower end of the jaw 8' outwardly and the upper end inwardly, thus closing the vise. It will be evident, that in this position great strain will be placed upon the jaw 8; to eliminate this and to increase the grip of the vise, the rack 21 is pushed in as far as the wedge 23 will permit, the block 25 is raised from the rack y and placed so as to be in engagement,

the inner 'face of the jaw 2; the wedge 23' is same, and it is'mea-nt to include all such within this; application wherein only a pre- 7 Was ngton-,- in; ex

then driven upward bymeans of a mallet or ferre'd formha's'b'een disclosed. j 40 othersuitable instrument. It will-be evr "Havingthus fully described' my invention, dent, from the shape of the wedge, that asit what I claim as new; and desire to secure by .is forced upward it will; engage the outer, Letters Patentis; 1

faceoftliefj'awf8 and the inwardly presented 1. In combinationwith a fiXed'vise-jaw, a

face of the slot in which it operates; thus movable viseejawyai' sliding slotted bar en:

forcing the jaw inwardly vand making it pos-f gaging said 'movablej aw to move it for sibjl'etoobtaina very tight grip 0n"-t'he:obclosing the vise, a sliding' beam ?havin' piY- jectathere'held also'releasing the strain on otal connection'with-the lower endo; said v 'thelo wjer pai t of the jaw] Thereare thus movable jaw, an" ovoidal wedge fitted from" =lthree "movements in tightening the Y vise :on. below in the slot ofsaid barand supplyingbo theyarticle held; first, the sliding movement a rounded fulcrum forthe 'movable' jaw but of bar- 22 'carryi'ng theiupp'er' part of jawt8 adapted also to be driven upward independetowardfjaw 2; secondly,the loosely pivoted; ently fortighteningthe'gripof the lat-ten} movement of jaw 8 'fulcruming' on ovoidal means-formovingsaid,beam andfme'ans for "wedge-'23and oausedby the outward move' locking the said bar." 7-; Y 1. a f i ment of pin 11 with sliding beam 9'to close 2; In combination with a 'i'iXed' vise-jaw the jaw Somtheartiole to be held against and a mova-ble-vise-jaw, afiilcrum forthee. fixed jaw 2 and, thirdly, the upward am latter, a sliding beam connected tothe lower. in go w g 23,-Whi '1 t g t ns he grip, on end of the movablegjaw and alever and link: said article still more securely. To press; whereby said beam isact'uated, said beam the bottom brace "beam 6, an eye bolt-26 is being provided on top with "a shoulder besecured through'the back leg of the bench, hind whichthesaid link :is adapted'toiold x and a secondeye bolt 27 issecured thereto flush with themupper surface thereotiand and'through the'bracebeam 6 and the fioorsaid'lever being; shaped-to fiton said shoul Y hag-"28. The effect of this is to press the der and also upon the remai'nderlof vsaid 1'65" bench firmlyand alsoto pre'vent' any move-1 beam in folding said lever into horizontal ment-thereof. i I I '1 position. Y Y

Itis thought that the construction, operar Q In witness whereof I have hereunto set I gion, ailld use-ocf' thedinveintion will be clear my "'hand' in' the presence of -two'w'itnesses.

rem-terece in etai ed descr-i tion." l w -I' @hange s may be made in-thecoiilstructiom arrangement, and'disposition of the'several :Witnesses: v I v parts-ofthe-invention without .inany way SAMUEL EJ'B NTLEY,

, departing from the, field and scope of the -EMILIEN- HUETTE.

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